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Type Stting and Distrlbuting Machine.

No 97,891. Patented Dec. 14, 1869.

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ISIDORE DELGAMBRE, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 97,891, dated December 14, 1869.

To all whom it may concern: I

Beit known that I, ISIDORE DELGAMBRE, of Paris, France, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machines for Setting and Distributing Types; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and; use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, in which drawing-- Figure 1 represents a side view of the set- Fig. 2 is a front view thereof.

Fig. 4 is a Fig. 5 is a front elevation. thereof. Figs. 6,7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 are details, which will be referred to as the description progresses. tional plan of the distributing apparatus. Fig. 13 isa frontview thereof. Fig. 14yis a back viewof the same. Fig. 15 is apartial section of the same. Fig. 16 is a side'vi'ew of the same. 7 Figs. 17, 18, 19,20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, and26 are details, which will be referred to as the description progresses.

This machine ,comprisestwo distinct parts, one part being for setting type and also for justifying the lines after the same have been set, and the other part being for distributing the dead matter.

I will first describe that part which refers to setting types and to justifying the lines, these parts being illustrated in Figs. 1 to 11 inclusive. I

The printing-types as now in use, without any change, are placed in grooves or channels a in a case, which rises in a slightly-invclined position over the highest end of an inclined platform, f, the types being inserted into said grooves so that their faces are turned toward the operator. I The number of these grooves is sufficient to receive such typesand characters as are in most general use,while the capital letters, numbers, and characters of less frequent use are placed into channels or grooves a, in truncated cones A, detached views of which are shown in Figs. 10 and 11.

The operator, to compose the word .he wishes, touches the keys b, each of which corresponds to a certain letter, and connects by a rod, 01, withalever, c, detached views of Fig. 12 is a secjwhich are shown in Figs. 8 and 9. The upper ends of these levers project into spaces left between the partitions which separate the :grooves a and the platform f,- and their conjnection with the respective keys is such that when a key is touched the appropriate lever c is caused to sweep under its channel and to force the lowest type in said channel (which "rests on the platformf) out sidewise over one jof the grooves or channels 9 in said platform.

(Best seen in Fig. 3.) This platform extends from the back part of the machine, and the jchannels g are curved and so situated in relation to the type-reservoir a that each channel receives the types from two of the reservoirs,

the levers 0 being arranged in pairs which act in opposite direction. (Best seen in Fig. 8.)

The type, after having been received by one of the channels 9, slides down therein until it arrives in the straight channel h, the channels g being arranged in such a manner that the types will arrive in the channel h in the same order in which the keys I) have been touched. At the lower end of this channel h is an opening, 13, which permits the types to drop in succession down into a channel, j, (see Figs.

1 and 3,) which forms an elbow at its bottom end, and connects with a horizontal channel, It. The depth of the channels j k is equal to the length of the type, and the width of said channels is equal to height of the type, these two dimensions being uniform in types of the same font.

In following the course of type from the reservoir (1. through the grooves g to the channels j Is, it will be noticed that the face of said type remains turned toward the operator (who is in front of the machine) and the channel k, which is in a slightly-oblique position, carries the types tothe justifier B, the faces of said types being continually turned toward the operator.

When a type drops down through the opening i into the channel 9 it is liable to turn and to get into a wrong position. It is therefore necessary at the beginning of the operation to fill up the channels it and j with types to a level with the bottom of the channel h. If a type now descend through the channel it it places itself on the top of the line of types in the channel j, and the whole line is driven forward by a hammer, m, which is operated j, and which serves to keep the by an eccentric, 0, secured to a shaft to which motion is imparted by a treadle, 1), under the machine. Said eccentric 0 also actuates a hammer, n, which strikes the faces of the types as the same pass down in the channel types down on the bottom of said channel. After a sufficient number of types have been set to fill up the channel 9' and a portion of the channel k, the types, which have been introduced into said channels at the beginning'of the operation for the purpose of preventing the types from assuming a wrong position, are removed. and the line of type is gradually driven forward by the hammer m until it reaches the justifier B.

This justifier is shown in Figs. 4 and 5. It resembles'in its form an ordinary galley-stick, one side of which is adjustable by means of set-screws s according to the width of the column desired. Between the sides of the justifier is fitted a slide, t, which retains its position .by means of springs bearing on the sides, as shown in Fig.5, and on the upper edge is fitted a plate, q, which forms a continuation of the lower side of the channel is, and which can be withdrawn from the mouth of the justifier by the action of the lever a.

When a sufficient number of types have accumulated on the plate q to form a line, this plate is withdrawn from the mouth of the justifier, and the line of types is received by the slide t, and it is pressed down by the ac tion of the follower c, which also connects with the lever to, as shown in Fig. -.t. After the line has been pressed down into the justifier the follower 'v and plate q are brought back to their original positions, a new line is received on the plate, &c., until a column of the required length'has been formed, which is then removed to the form of the printingpress in the ordinary manner. While the lines are formed on the plate q the operator has time to justify the same.

The letters and characters contained in the conical type-cases A are discharged by levers 0, which are pivoted to the bases of said typecases, and move in a space between said bases and the platforms 0. (See Figs. 1 and 10.)

By moving one of these lovers the lowest type in the appropriate reservoir is swept over an aperture, f, and caused to drop down upon the chute k, which carries the same to one of the channels 9 in the platform f, and from this channel said type passes into the channel h, and through the opening 1' into the channel j, as previously described. The levers 0', instead of being operated by keys, are operated directly by the action of the hand of the operator, and the cases A are rotated on their axes, so as to bring the required reservoir to the aperture f.

I will now proceed to describe the distributing apparatus of my machine, which is represented in Figs. 12 to 26, inclusive.

The dead matter is placed in a galley, a, (see Figs. 13 and 15,) which is provided with a follower, w, to which a sliding motion can be imparted by a screw, b, which is turned by a hand-whee], m. In the circumference of this hand-wheel are a series of.notehes, y,which engage with a spring-pawl, z, (see Fig. 13,) and said notches are at such distance apart, that by turning the hand-wheel from one notch to the other the dead matter in the galley is advanced or pushed up for the distance of one line. One line after the other is thus pushed up to a level with the channel a, and is then pushed into this channel by a hinged hammer, (1. (Best seen in Fig. 15.) After a line has been transferred into the channel 0 it is pushed along therein by the follower e, which is operated by hand, and which, as soon as released, flies back to its original position by the action of a spring, g. IFhe channel 0 is curved, and the types, after having been advanced therein by the pusher e, are prevented from falling back by a spring-stop, f.

The channel 0 terminates over a small inclined plane, 6, (see Figs. 18, 20, and 21,) and at such a distance therefrom that room is left on one side for the end of the lever is, and on the opposite side for the escape of the type. The escapeopening 70* (see Fig. 17) of the types is regulated according to the thickness of the type by a movable abutment, h, which is adjusted by means of a lever, It. For types of the mean thickness, such as n, h, k, the abutment It remains stationary, or in the position which the same assumes by the combined action of the gravity of the lever k and of a spring, h (see Fig. 17 but for thick letters, such as m, w, said lever is raised by hand, and thereby the abutment h is depressed, and for thin letters, such as i l, the lever k is moved by the action of the keys m and a lever, k", as shown'in Figs. 13 and 16.

By depressing the lever 10 the first type in the channel a is pushed out on the inclined plane 1', from which it drops into the central channel 0 of the inclined platform 9', (see Fig. 14,) and from this channel it (the type) is caused to slide down through one of the lateral channels 0, being intercepted by one of the gates n, which are hinged to the partitions between the channels'o, as shown in Fig. 14. These gates connect by rods m and bell-crank levers l with the keys m, (see Fig. 23,) and they are caused to close the channels 0 by the action of a spring. The keys m are marked with the successive letters of the alphabet, and with the characters in a font of type, and by depressing a key the appropriate gate a is caused to swing across the central channel 0, causing the type, which slides down in this channel, to pass in the appropriate lateral channel 0, which conducts the same to its case p. V These cases are situated under the lower end of the platform j, one case under an opening in each of the lateral channels 0', and said cases are provided with friction-slides t, (see Fig. 22,) which support the type as the same drop down from their channel 0. Over each case is a hammer, q, (see Fig. 16,) which is operated by an eccentric, r, and which serves to drive the types down into the case, and an additional hammer, a, which is also actuated by the eccentric r, strikes against the faces of the types, and keeps the same down upon the bottom of their case. From the case p the types are let down by hand into the secondary cases 10, which are then removed to thesetting apparatus.

In operating this part of my machine, the operator places himself on the side of the machine, reads the line of type in the channel a from the abutment h upward; thenhe imparts motion to the eccentric r by means of a treadle, and with his right hand he operates the keys m, while his left hand serves to actuate the levers k k, as previously described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isl l 1. The combination, of the keys I), type-reservoirs a, and levers c, substantially as described, referring to Figs. 2, 8, and 9.

2. The combination of hammers m and n,

eccentric o, and channel j, substantially as set forth, referring to Figs. 1 and 3.

3. The arrangement, in the justifier B, of

the movable plate q and pusher v, in combination with the friction-slide t, substantially as described, referring to Figs. 4 and 5.

4. The conical rotating grooved type cases A, one or more, constructed with horizontal levers c, in combination with apertures f and conductin g-chutes is, substantially as set forth, referring to Figs. 10 and 1 5. The combination, with the galley a, of the follower w, elevating-screw b, disk .22, and spring-stops Z, substantially as set forth, referring to Figs. 13 and 15.

6. The combination of channel 0. with the abutment It and levers la k is", substantially as set forth, referring to Figs. 13 and 17.

7. The combination, with the channel 0, of the sliding pusher e, retaining-spring f, and

restoring-spring g, substantially as set forth,

referring to Fig. 13.

8. The combination,,w'ith the central groove 0, of the inclined grooved platform j, gates n, and type-cases p, substantially as set forth, referring to Figs. 14 and 16.

I. DELGAMBRE.

In presence of- ED. ANTONISSEN, G. HIMP. 

